Scoop board



c. DEFR'E'ESE Sept. 9 1924.

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C. DEF-REESE scoop BOARD Filed Dec. 28 1921 2 sneu-sheeaz In ven Z 0 r611A RLES DEFREEJE'.

Attorney:

Patented Sept. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES oHanLEs nnrnnnsn, or LAFAYETTE, INDIANA.

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Application-filed December 28. 1921. Serial No. 525,336.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that 1, CHARLES DEFREESE, a citizen of the United States,residing at La Fayette, in the county of Tippecanoe and State ofIndiana-,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ScoopBoards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in end gate construction forwagons, the principal object being to provide simply constructed scoopor shoveling board which can be quicmy attached or removed from thewagon body.

A further object is to provide a scoop board which can be applied tothebody without additional attaching devices being applied thereto. i a

A still further object scoop which can be readily operated with outbeing hinged to the body of the wagon to which itis applied.

With these and further objects in view, my invention resides in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts-which will hereinafter be more particularly described and claimedand shown in the drawings wherein Figure 1 represents a side elevationof a wagon body, illustrating my improvedscoop board applied thereto,said board being shown in raised position. c

Fig. 2 is a similar view, illustrating the board in lowered position.

Fig. 3 is a-rear view of the wagon body with the scoop board in raisedposition."

Fig, t is a central vertical longitudinal section through a portion ofthe wagonbody and scoop board, and 1 Fig. 5 is a detail elevation'of oneofthe side members. v

As shown in the several figures of the accompanying drawings, myinvention is applied to a wagon body 1 of ordinary constructionprovidedwith the usual bottom 2to which the side boards 3 are applied. Atransverse brace hard is secured to the under side of the bottom of thebody at its rear end as is usual in devices of this character, the endsof said bar projecting beyond the side boards 3 as shown at 4Q Upright.cleats 5 and 6 are secured to the side boards'adj acent their rear endsto provide channel-ways 7 in which the ordinary end gate slides, saidgate however, being removed when my improved scoop board is applied. Inthe channels 7 are placed the upright supports 8 is to" provide a.

preferably faced with metal strips 9 as shown, these supports being heldin position by the plates 10 and ll, which are secured V by the bolts12, said bolts aassing through apertures in the side boards of thewagon. It is unnecessaryto'provide additional apertures forthe bolts 12because-in a wagon of ordinary construction these apertures are v usedfor the end gate brace rod, which rod 6 is removed when my improvedscoop board is applied. These upright supports 8 preferably projectabove the side boards 3 and aid i'n'holding supplemental side boards inposition, should it be necessary to use the 7 same, and they may beformed in several parts or as shown in the drawings.-

Plate members 13 are secured to the upright supports 8, one offthesemembers be- 'ing secured to each support preferably by 7 rivets let and15. Each of the members 13 isprovided with straps 16 and 17, which areformed integrally therewith. Each of these straps is bent .overeye-bolts 18, disposed] thereins These members 13 are each secured tothe inner side of the supports 8 and project rearwardly of the sideboardsandco operate with theendgate or scoop board when it? is in raisedposition. This scoop board comprises a bottom 19 of a widthsubstantially "equal to the distance between the side boards3 ofthewagon body, its lower, edge being beveled off as shown at QOandresting on, thebottom 2 of the wagon body.

This lower-i inner edge acts as a. fulcrum 00 for theiscoop board whenthe same is moved from its lower to .its raised position or vice versa.The bottom 19]is' provided on its outer or-lower face with a pair ofwedge "members, 21 which taper from their inner 96 toward them 7 outerends, one of these members being secured adjacent each side edge of the;bottom and preferably flush therewith, the inner end of the membersterminating at points spaced inwardly from 100 the-inner edge of thebottom as shown. These wedge pieces 21 serve as I spacing blocks'tospace thestrips which form the flange members 22 away from the bottom19,-thesefianges being secured to the outer side of the wedge membersand extended beyond'the" side edges of the bottom. To the 'outer edgesof the fianges22 the side members 23 are secured, thereby forming a seaton each side of the'bottom 19 i which receives the outer ends of theside boards 3 when the scoop board is in its raised position as shown inFig. 1.. The inner ends of the flange members 22 terminate flush withthe inner ends of the wedge members 21 at points spaced from the fulcrumedge of the bottom 19 while the inner ends of the side members 23preferably ex tend until they are flush with the said edge of thebottom. These parts of the scoop board are held together by means ofbrace pieces 24 and 25, each of which has a thick ened central portionwhose longitudinal edge contacts with and is secured to the bot tom 19,the ends engaging the inner edges of the Wedge and flange members 21 and22. The outer end portions of the brace pieces are relatively thin andunderlie the flange members to support the same; the side members 23also are engaged by these portions of the braces. These side mem bers 23are also inclined from their inner toward their outer ends as shown.

By providing the wedge members 21, the fulcrum edge of the'bottom 19 ismaintained in close contact with the bottom of the wagon body 1throughout the entire extent of the movement of the scoop board. In thismanner also the ends of the flanges 22 are enabled to engage the ends ofthe side boards of the wagon to maintain a tight it at all times, butthe principal advantage of these wedge members is to allow the scoopboard to be readily moved from one position to another without hingingthe same to the body of the wagon.

It will be seen that from the several fig.- ures of the drawings thatwhen the scoop board is in its raised position, the bottom will have itsside edges contacting with the side boards of the body on their innersurfaces while the side members of said board will engage the outerfaces of the side boards 3, the ends of said side board resting in thegrooves. When in the last mentioned position, the scoop board receivesthe bolts 13 in the openings26, the inner portions of which are enlargedto guide said heads thereinto. The heads of the eye boltseX-tend throughsaid openings and are engaged by the hooks 27 on the ends of theretaining links 28, said links being adapted to spring under the catches29 preferably secured to the brace pieces 24 on the outer side of thescoop board. When each of the links 28 is snapped under these catches,said scoop board will be retained in its upright closed position untilthey are removed therefrom. The eye bolts 18 each have their openingnearer one side than the other, the distance between the opening and theadjacent side being substantially the thickness of the head of the bolt.This is to. permit the. hooked endsf27 of the links 28' to be readilydisengaged from thebolts at will.

For further supporting the scoop board upon the wagon bottom 2, when inextended position, I provide the bar members 30 and 31 which have theirend portions 32 and 33 disposed at an anglexin. opposite directions theside members 23, while the end portions I 33 engage under the bottom2 ofthe wagon. The coil springs 37 and 38 are secured at 39, to the lowerend of the side members. 23 and their free ends are formed withhooks 40,which engage the end portions 32 of the bar members 30 and31 and serveto tension the same into locking position.

From the foregoing description of the construction. of the device, theoperation thereof will be readily understood without further discussion,and. from this descrip tion it will be seen that I have inventedanextremely simple scoopv board which-can be applied to a wagon body whichwill operate without being hinged thereto as is necessary in most casesof this character.

I claim as my invention The combination with a. wagon body, in cluding atransverse brace bar, at its rear end extending beyond. the sidesthereof, of

a scoop board, cleatssecuredto the .wagon sides, upright supportsadjustably mounted between said cleats, plates attached to. said cleatsfor holding said upright supports, in position, plate members attachedto said sup ports, bolts mounted in said plate members, links connectedto said bolts and extending through said scoop board, catches arrangedon said board and adapted for engagement with said links for retainingsaid scoop board in closed position, bar members connected to saidscoop. board and with their end portions disposed at. an angle inoppossite directions, withtheir vertical" portions extended through openingsin strap. plates 1 secured to. the side membersv adapted for detachablevconnection with the wagon body for retaining said scoop: board in openposition, and springs fortensioning said bar members in position.

In testimony. whereof I aflix my signa ture in the presenceof twowitnesses.

CHARLES DEFREESE.

Witnesses-z,

J os. A. ANDREWS, JOHN D. German.

